lean meat; choice meat
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
lean meat; choice meat (especially pork)
dialectA dialectal term commonly used in many Southern Chinese dialects (e.g., Wu, Min, Yue) to refer to lean, tender cuts of meat. In some contexts, it can imply meat of better quality. The opposite is often "肥肉" (fatty meat).
Wǒ我
yào要
mǎi买
yī一
jīn斤
jīng精
ròu肉
,
yòng用
lái来
bāo包
jiǎo饺
zi子
。
I want to buy half a kilogram of lean meat to make dumplings.
Zhè这
kuài块
jīng精
ròu肉
bú不
cuò错
,
méi没
shén什
me么
féi肥
de的
。
This piece of lean meat is good; there's not much fat.
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Jiāng江
zhè浙
yī一
dài带
de的
cài菜
pǔ谱
lǐ里
cháng常
chū出
xiàn现
“
jīng精
ròu肉
”
zhè这
ge个
cí词
。
The term 'jīng ròu' often appears in recipes from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.